Technologies for establishing communication channel between accelerator device kernels

ABSTRACT

Technologies for providing I/O channel abstraction for accelerator device kernels include an accelerator device comprising circuitry to obtain availability data indicative of an availability of one or more accelerator device kernels in a system, including one or more physical communication paths to each accelerator device kernel. The circuitry is also configured to determine whether to establish a logical communication path between a kernel of the present accelerator device and another accelerator device kernel and establish, in response to a determination to establish the logical communication path as a function of the obtained availability data, the logical communication path between the kernel of the present accelerator device and the other accelerator device kernel.

BACKGROUND

Accelerator devices, such as field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), maybe configured (e.g., by a bit stream defining a configuration of gatesof the FPGA) to perform a set of functions, referred to herein as akernel. The kernel may be configured, through time consuming effort onthe part of a kernel developer, to establish a connection with anotheraccelerator device kernel (e.g., another kernel in the same FPGA, akernel in another FPGA, or a kernel of another type of acceleratordevice, such as a graphics processing unit (GPU), etc.) and share datawith that other kernel to facilitate the completion of a workload (e.g.,a set of operations that are to be performed). Typically, details of thecommunication protocol must be set out in the kernel by the kerneldeveloper and, as the primary purpose of the kernel is to perform a setof operations (e.g., the workload) as efficiently as possible, thecommunication aspect of the kernel may be limited to communicating witha single type of accelerator device kernel if that accelerator devicekernel happens to be available on a certain type of physicalcommunication path (e.g., a PCIe bus). While some data centers mayutilize pools of disaggregated resources (e.g., accelerator devices)available through various types of physical communication paths, alsoreferred to I/O channels or communication channels, a given acceleratordevice kernel may be unable to access (e.g., cooperatively execute aworkload with) a large percentage of those other accelerator devicespresent in the data center due to the limited communication faculties ofthe accelerator device kernel.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The concepts described herein are illustrated by way of example and notby way of limitation in the accompanying figures. For simplicity andclarity of illustration, elements illustrated in the figures are notnecessarily drawn to scale. Where considered appropriate, referencelabels have been repeated among the figures to indicate corresponding oranalogous elements.

FIG. 1 is a simplified diagram of at least one embodiment of a datacenter for executing workloads with disaggregated resources;

FIG. 2 is a simplified diagram of at least one embodiment of a pod thatmay be included in the data center of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of at least one embodiment of a rack thatmay be included in the pod of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a side elevation view of the rack of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the rack of FIG. 3 having a sled mountedtherein;

FIG. 6 is a is a simplified block diagram of at least one embodiment ofa top side of the sled of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a simplified block diagram of at least one embodiment of abottom side of the sled of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a simplified block diagram of at least one embodiment of acompute sled usable in the data center of FIG. 1;

FIG. 9 is a top perspective view of at least one embodiment of thecompute sled of FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a simplified block diagram of at least one embodiment of anaccelerator sled usable in the data center of FIG. 1;

FIG. 11 is a top perspective view of at least one embodiment of theaccelerator sled of FIG. 10;

FIG. 12 is a simplified block diagram of at least one embodiment of astorage sled usable in the data center of FIG. 1;

FIG. 13 is a top perspective view of at least one embodiment of thestorage sled of FIG. 12;

FIG. 14 is a simplified block diagram of at least one embodiment of amemory sled usable in the data center of FIG. 1;

FIG. 15 is a simplified block diagram of a system that may beestablished within the data center of FIG. 1 to execute workloads withmanaged nodes composed of disaggregated resources;

FIG. 16 is a simplified diagram of at least one embodiment of a systemfor providing I/O channel abstraction for accelerator device kernels;and

FIGS. 17-21 are a simplified block diagram of at least one embodiment ofa method for providing I/O channel abstraction for an accelerator devicekernel that may be performed by an accelerator device included in thesystem of FIG. 16.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

While the concepts of the present disclosure are susceptible to variousmodifications and alternative forms, specific embodiments thereof havebeen shown by way of example in the drawings and will be describedherein in detail. It should be understood, however, that there is nointent to limit the concepts of the present disclosure to the particularforms disclosed, but on the contrary, the intention is to cover allmodifications, equivalents, and alternatives consistent with the presentdisclosure and the appended claims.

References in the specification to “one embodiment,” “an embodiment,”“an illustrative embodiment,” etc., indicate that the embodimentdescribed may include a particular feature, structure, orcharacteristic, but every embodiment may or may not necessarily includethat particular feature, structure, or characteristic. Moreover, suchphrases are not necessarily referring to the same embodiment. Further,when a particular feature, structure, or characteristic is described inconnection with an embodiment, it is submitted that it is within theknowledge of one skilled in the art to effect such feature, structure,or characteristic in connection with other embodiments whether or notexplicitly described. Additionally, it should be appreciated that itemsincluded in a list in the form of “at least one A, B, and C” can mean(A); (B); (C); (A and B); (A and C); (B and C); or (A, B, and C).Similarly, items listed in the form of “at least one of A, B, or C” canmean (A); (B); (C); (A and B); (A and C); (B and C); or (A, B, and C).

The disclosed embodiments may be implemented, in some cases, inhardware, firmware, software, or any combination thereof. The disclosedembodiments may also be implemented as instructions carried by or storedon a transitory or non-transitory machine-readable (e.g.,computer-readable) storage medium, which may be read and executed by oneor more processors. A machine-readable storage medium may be embodied asany storage device, mechanism, or other physical structure for storingor transmitting information in a form readable by a machine (e.g., avolatile or non-volatile memory, a media disc, or other media device).

In the drawings, some structural or method features may be shown inspecific arrangements and/or orderings. However, it should beappreciated that such specific arrangements and/or orderings may not berequired. Rather, in some embodiments, such features may be arranged ina different manner and/or order than shown in the illustrative figures.Additionally, the inclusion of a structural or method feature in aparticular figure is not meant to imply that such feature is required inall embodiments and, in some embodiments, may not be included or may becombined with other features.

Referring now to FIG. 1, a data center 100 in which disaggregatedresources may cooperatively execute one or more workloads (e.g.,applications on behalf of customers) includes multiple pods 110, 120,130, 140, each of which includes one or more rows of racks. Of course,although data center 100 is shown with multiple pods, in someembodiments, the data center 100 may be embodied as a single pod. Asdescribed in more detail herein, each rack houses multiple sleds, eachof which may be primarily equipped with a particular type of resource(e.g., memory devices, data storage devices, accelerator devices,general purpose processors), i.e., resources that can be logicallycoupled to form a composed node, which can act as, for example, aserver. In the illustrative embodiment, the sleds in each pod 110, 120,130, 140 are connected to multiple pod switches (e.g., switches thatroute data communications to and from sleds within the pod). The podswitches, in turn, connect with spine switches 150 that switchcommunications among pods (e.g., the pods 110, 120, 130, 140) in thedata center 100. In some embodiments, the sleds may be connected with afabric using Intel Omni-Path technology. In other embodiments, the sledsmay be connected with other fabrics, such as InfiniB and or Ethernet. Asdescribed in more detail herein, resources within sleds in the datacenter 100 may be allocated to a group (referred to herein as a “managednode”) containing resources from one or more sleds to be collectivelyutilized in the execution of a workload. The workload can execute as ifthe resources belonging to the managed node were located on the samesled. The resources in a managed node may belong to sleds belonging todifferent racks, and even to different pods 110, 120, 130, 140. As such,some resources of a single sled may be allocated to one managed nodewhile other resources of the same sled are allocated to a differentmanaged node (e.g., one processor assigned to one managed node andanother processor of the same sled assigned to a different managednode).

A data center comprising disaggregated resources, such as data center100, can be used in a wide variety of contexts, such as enterprise,government, cloud service provider, and communications service provider(e.g., Telco's), as well in a wide variety of sizes, from cloud serviceprovider mega-data centers that consume over 100,000 sq. ft. to single-or multi-rack installations for use in base stations.

The disaggregation of resources to sleds comprised predominantly of asingle type of resource (e.g., compute sleds comprising primarilycompute resources, memory sleds containing primarily memory resources),and the selective allocation and deallocation of the disaggregatedresources to form a managed node assigned to execute a workload improvesthe operation and resource usage of the data center 100 relative totypical data centers comprised of hyperconverged servers containingcompute, memory, storage and perhaps additional resources in a singlechassis. For example, because sleds predominantly contain resources of aparticular type, resources of a given type can be upgraded independentlyof other resources. Additionally, because different resources types(processors, storage, accelerators, etc.) typically have differentrefresh rates, greater resource utilization and reduced total cost ofownership may be achieved. For example, a data center operator canupgrade the processors throughout their facility by only swapping outthe compute sleds. In such a case, accelerator and storage resources maynot be contemporaneously upgraded and, rather, may be allowed tocontinue operating until those resources are scheduled for their ownrefresh. Resource utilization may also increase. For example, if managednodes are composed based on requirements of the workloads that will berunning on them, resources within a node are more likely to be fullyutilized. Such utilization may allow for more managed nodes to run in adata center with a given set of resources, or for a data center expectedto run a given set of workloads, to be built using fewer resources.

Referring now to FIG. 2, the pod 110, in the illustrative embodiment,includes a set of rows 200, 210, 220, 230 of racks 240. Each rack 240may house multiple sleds (e.g., sixteen sleds) and provide power anddata connections to the housed sleds, as described in more detailherein. In the illustrative embodiment, the racks in each row 200, 210,220, 230 are connected to multiple pod switches 250, 260. The pod switch250 includes a set of ports 252 to which the sleds of the racks of thepod 110 are connected and another set of ports 254 that connect the pod110 to the spine switches 150 to provide connectivity to other pods inthe data center 100. Similarly, the pod switch 260 includes a set ofports 262 to which the sleds of the racks of the pod 110 are connectedand a set of ports 264 that connect the pod 110 to the spine switches150. As such, the use of the pair of switches 250, 260 provides anamount of redundancy to the pod 110. For example, if either of theswitches 250, 260 fails, the sleds in the pod 110 may still maintaindata communication with the remainder of the data center 100 (e.g.,sleds of other pods) through the other switch 250, 260. Furthermore, inthe illustrative embodiment, the switches 150, 250, 260 may be embodiedas dual-mode optical switches, capable of routing both Ethernet protocolcommunications carrying Internet Protocol (IP) packets andcommunications according to a second, high-performance link-layerprotocol (e.g., Intel's Omni-Path Architecture's, InfiniBand, PCIExpress) via optical signaling media of an optical fabric.

It should be appreciated that each of the other pods 120, 130, 140 (aswell as any additional pods of the data center 100) may be similarlystructured as, and have components similar to, the pod 110 shown in anddescribed in regard to FIG. 2 (e.g., each pod may have rows of rackshousing multiple sleds as described above). Additionally, while two podswitches 250, 260 are shown, it should be understood that in otherembodiments, each pod 110, 120, 130, 140 may be connected to a differentnumber of pod switches, providing even more failover capacity. Ofcourse, in other embodiments, pods may be arranged differently than therows-of-racks configuration shown in FIGS. 1-2. For example, a pod maybe embodied as multiple sets of racks in which each set of racks isarranged radially, i.e., the racks are equidistant from a center switch.

Referring now to FIGS. 3-5, each illustrative rack 240 of the datacenter 100 includes two elongated support posts 302, 304, which arearranged vertically. For example, the elongated support posts 302, 304may extend upwardly from a floor of the data center 100 when deployed.The rack 240 also includes one or more horizontal pairs 310 of elongatedsupport arms 312 (identified in FIG. 3 via a dashed ellipse) configuredto support a sled of the data center 100 as discussed below. Oneelongated support arm 312 of the pair of elongated support arms 312extends outwardly from the elongated support post 302 and the otherelongated support arm 312 extends outwardly from the elongated supportpost 304.

In the illustrative embodiments, each sled of the data center 100 isembodied as a chassis-less sled. That is, each sled has a chassis-lesscircuit board substrate on which physical resources (e.g., processors,memory, accelerators, storage, etc.) are mounted as discussed in moredetail below. As such, the rack 240 is configured to receive thechassis-less sleds. For example, each pair 310 of elongated support arms312 defines a sled slot 320 of the rack 240, which is configured toreceive a corresponding chassis-less sled. To do so, each illustrativeelongated support arm 312 includes a circuit board guide 330 configuredto receive the chassis-less circuit board substrate of the sled. Eachcircuit board guide 330 is secured to, or otherwise mounted to, a topside 332 of the corresponding elongated support arm 312. For example, inthe illustrative embodiment, each circuit board guide 330 is mounted ata distal end of the corresponding elongated support arm 312 relative tothe corresponding elongated support post 302, 304. For clarity of theFigures, not every circuit board guide 330 may be referenced in eachFigure.

Each circuit board guide 330 includes an inner wall that defines acircuit board slot 380 configured to receive the chassis-less circuitboard substrate of a sled 400 when the sled 400 is received in thecorresponding sled slot 320 of the rack 240. To do so, as shown in FIG.4, a user (or robot) aligns the chassis-less circuit board substrate ofan illustrative chassis-less sled 400 to a sled slot 320. The user, orrobot, may then slide the chassis-less circuit board substrate forwardinto the sled slot 320 such that each side edge 414 of the chassis-lesscircuit board substrate is received in a corresponding circuit boardslot 380 of the circuit board guides 330 of the pair 310 of elongatedsupport arms 312 that define the corresponding sled slot 320 as shown inFIG. 4. By having robotically accessible and robotically manipulablesleds comprising disaggregated resources, each type of resource can beupgraded independently of each other and at their own optimized refreshrate. Furthermore, the sleds are configured to blindly mate with powerand data communication cables in each rack 240, enhancing their abilityto be quickly removed, upgraded, reinstalled, and/or replaced. As such,in some embodiments, the data center 100 may operate (e.g., executeworkloads, undergo maintenance and/or upgrades, etc.) without humaninvolvement on the data center floor. In other embodiments, a human mayfacilitate one or more maintenance or upgrade operations in the datacenter 100.

It should be appreciated that each circuit board guide 330 is dualsided. That is, each circuit board guide 330 includes an inner wall thatdefines a circuit board slot 380 on each side of the circuit board guide330. In this way, each circuit board guide 330 can support achassis-less circuit board substrate on either side. As such, a singleadditional elongated support post may be added to the rack 240 to turnthe rack 240 into a two-rack solution that can hold twice as many sledslots 320 as shown in FIG. 3. The illustrative rack 240 includes sevenpairs 310 of elongated support arms 312 that define a correspondingseven sled slots 320, each configured to receive and support acorresponding sled 400 as discussed above. Of course, in otherembodiments, the rack 240 may include additional or fewer pairs 310 ofelongated support arms 312 (i.e., additional or fewer sled slots 320).It should be appreciated that because the sled 400 is chassis-less, thesled 400 may have an overall height that is different than typicalservers. As such, in some embodiments, the height of each sled slot 320may be shorter than the height of a typical server (e.g., shorter than asingle rank unit, “1U”). That is, the vertical distance between eachpair 310 of elongated support arms 312 may be less than a standard rackunit “1U.” Additionally, due to the relative decrease in height of thesled slots 320, the overall height of the rack 240 in some embodimentsmay be shorter than the height of traditional rack enclosures. Forexample, in some embodiments, each of the elongated support posts 302,304 may have a length of six feet or less. Again, in other embodiments,the rack 240 may have different dimensions. For example, in someembodiments, the vertical distance between each pair 310 of elongatedsupport arms 312 may be greater than a standard rack until “1U”. In suchembodiments, the increased vertical distance between the sleds allowsfor larger heat sinks to be attached to the physical resources and forlarger fans to be used (e.g., in the fan array 370 described below) forcooling each sled, which in turn can allow the physical resources tooperate at increased power levels. Further, it should be appreciatedthat the rack 240 does not include any walls, enclosures, or the like.Rather, the rack 240 is an enclosure-less rack that is opened to thelocal environment. Of course, in some cases, an end plate may beattached to one of the elongated support posts 302, 304 in thosesituations in which the rack 240 forms an end-of-row rack in the datacenter 100.

In some embodiments, various interconnects may be routed upwardly ordownwardly through the elongated support posts 302, 304. To facilitatesuch routing, each elongated support post 302, 304 includes an innerwall that defines an inner chamber in which interconnects may belocated. The interconnects routed through the elongated support posts302, 304 may be embodied as any type of interconnects including, but notlimited to, data or communication interconnects to provide communicationconnections to each sled slot 320, power interconnects to provide powerto each sled slot 320, and/or other types of interconnects.

The rack 240, in the illustrative embodiment, includes a supportplatform on which a corresponding optical data connector (not shown) ismounted. Each optical data connector is associated with a correspondingsled slot 320 and is configured to mate with an optical data connectorof a corresponding sled 400 when the sled 400 is received in thecorresponding sled slot 320. In some embodiments, optical connectionsbetween components (e.g., sleds, racks, and switches) in the data center100 are made with a blind mate optical connection. For example, a dooron each cable may prevent dust from contaminating the fiber inside thecable. In the process of connecting to a blind mate optical connectormechanism, the door is pushed open when the end of the cable approachesor enters the connector mechanism. Subsequently, the optical fiberinside the cable may enter a gel within the connector mechanism and theoptical fiber of one cable comes into contact with the optical fiber ofanother cable within the gel inside the connector mechanism.

The illustrative rack 240 also includes a fan array 370 coupled to thecross-support arms of the rack 240. The fan array 370 includes one ormore rows of cooling fans 372, which are aligned in a horizontal linebetween the elongated support posts 302, 304. In the illustrativeembodiment, the fan array 370 includes a row of cooling fans 372 foreach sled slot 320 of the rack 240. As discussed above, each sled 400does not include any on-board cooling system in the illustrativeembodiment and, as such, the fan array 370 provides cooling for eachsled 400 received in the rack 240. Each rack 240, in the illustrativeembodiment, also includes a power supply associated with each sled slot320. Each power supply is secured to one of the elongated support arms312 of the pair 310 of elongated support arms 312 that define thecorresponding sled slot 320. For example, the rack 240 may include apower supply coupled or secured to each elongated support arm 312extending from the elongated support post 302. Each power supplyincludes a power connector configured to mate with a power connector ofthe sled 400 when the sled 400 is received in the corresponding sledslot 320. In the illustrative embodiment, the sled 400 does not includeany on-board power supply and, as such, the power supplies provided inthe rack 240 supply power to corresponding sleds 400 when mounted to therack 240. Each power supply is configured to satisfy the powerrequirements for its associated sled, which can vary from sled to sled.Additionally, the power supplies provided in the rack 240 can operateindependent of each other. That is, within a single rack, a first powersupply providing power to a compute sled can provide power levels thatare different than power levels supplied by a second power supplyproviding power to an accelerator sled. The power supplies may becontrollable at the sled level or rack level, and may be controlledlocally by components on the associated sled or remotely, such as byanother sled or an orchestrator.

Referring now to FIG. 6, the sled 400, in the illustrative embodiment,is configured to be mounted in a corresponding rack 240 of the datacenter 100 as discussed above. In some embodiments, each sled 400 may beoptimized or otherwise configured for performing particular tasks, suchas compute tasks, acceleration tasks, data storage tasks, etc. Forexample, the sled 400 may be embodied as a compute sled 800 as discussedbelow in regard to FIGS. 8-9, an accelerator sled 1000 as discussedbelow in regard to FIGS. 10-11, a storage sled 1200 as discussed belowin regard to FIGS. 12-13, or as a sled optimized or otherwise configuredto perform other specialized tasks, such as a memory sled 1400,discussed below in regard to FIG. 14.

As discussed above, the illustrative sled 400 includes a chassis-lesscircuit board substrate 602, which supports various physical resources(e.g., electrical components) mounted thereon. It should be appreciatedthat the circuit board substrate 602 is “chassis-less” in that the sled400 does not include a housing or enclosure. Rather, the chassis-lesscircuit board substrate 602 is open to the local environment. Thechassis-less circuit board substrate 602 may be formed from any materialcapable of supporting the various electrical components mounted thereon.For example, in an illustrative embodiment, the chassis-less circuitboard substrate 602 is formed from an FR-4 glass-reinforced epoxylaminate material. Of course, other materials may be used to form thechassis-less circuit board substrate 602 in other embodiments.

As discussed in more detail below, the chassis-less circuit boardsubstrate 602 includes multiple features that improve the thermalcooling characteristics of the various electrical components mounted onthe chassis-less circuit board substrate 602. As discussed, thechassis-less circuit board substrate 602 does not include a housing orenclosure, which may improve the airflow over the electrical componentsof the sled 400 by reducing those structures that may inhibit air flow.For example, because the chassis-less circuit board substrate 602 is notpositioned in an individual housing or enclosure, there is novertically-arranged backplane (e.g., a backplate of the chassis)attached to the chassis-less circuit board substrate 602, which couldinhibit air flow across the electrical components. Additionally, thechassis-less circuit board substrate 602 has a geometric shapeconfigured to reduce the length of the airflow path across theelectrical components mounted to the chassis-less circuit boardsubstrate 602. For example, the illustrative chassis-less circuit boardsubstrate 602 has a width 604 that is greater than a depth 606 of thechassis-less circuit board substrate 602. In one particular embodiment,for example, the chassis-less circuit board substrate 602 has a width ofabout 21 inches and a depth of about 9 inches, compared to a typicalserver that has a width of about 17 inches and a depth of about 39inches. As such, an airflow path 608 that extends from a front edge 610of the chassis-less circuit board substrate 602 toward a rear edge 612has a shorter distance relative to typical servers, which may improvethe thermal cooling characteristics of the sled 400. Furthermore,although not illustrated in FIG. 6, the various physical resourcesmounted to the chassis-less circuit board substrate 602 are mounted incorresponding locations such that no two substantively heat-producingelectrical components shadow each other as discussed in more detailbelow. That is, no two electrical components, which produce appreciableheat during operation (i.e., greater than a nominal heat sufficientenough to adversely impact the cooling of another electrical component),are mounted to the chassis-less circuit board substrate 602 linearlyin-line with each other along the direction of the airflow path 608(i.e., along a direction extending from the front edge 610 toward therear edge 612 of the chassis-less circuit board substrate 602).

As discussed above, the illustrative sled 400 includes one or morephysical resources 620 mounted to a top side 650 of the chassis-lesscircuit board substrate 602. Although two physical resources 620 areshown in FIG. 6, it should be appreciated that the sled 400 may includeone, two, or more physical resources 620 in other embodiments. Thephysical resources 620 may be embodied as any type of processor,controller, or other compute circuit capable of performing various taskssuch as compute functions and/or controlling the functions of the sled400 depending on, for example, the type or intended functionality of thesled 400. For example, as discussed in more detail below, the physicalresources 620 may be embodied as high-performance processors inembodiments in which the sled 400 is embodied as a compute sled, asaccelerator co-processors or circuits in embodiments in which the sled400 is embodied as an accelerator sled, storage controllers inembodiments in which the sled 400 is embodied as a storage sled, or aset of memory devices in embodiments in which the sled 400 is embodiedas a memory sled.

The sled 400 also includes one or more additional physical resources 630mounted to the top side 650 of the chassis-less circuit board substrate602. In the illustrative embodiment, the additional physical resourcesinclude a network interface controller (NIC) as discussed in more detailbelow. Of course, depending on the type and functionality of the sled400, the physical resources 630 may include additional or otherelectrical components, circuits, and/or devices in other embodiments.

The physical resources 620 are communicatively coupled to the physicalresources 630 via an input/output (I/O) subsystem 622. The I/O subsystem622 may be embodied as circuitry and/or components to facilitateinput/output operations with the physical resources 620, the physicalresources 630, and/or other components of the sled 400. For example, theI/O subsystem 622 may be embodied as, or otherwise include, memorycontroller hubs, input/output control hubs, integrated sensor hubs,firmware devices, communication links (e.g., point-to-point links, buslinks, wires, cables, waveguides, light guides, printed circuit boardtraces, etc.), and/or other components and subsystems to facilitate theinput/output operations. In the illustrative embodiment, the I/Osubsystem 622 is embodied as, or otherwise includes, a double data rate4 (DDR4) data bus or a DDRS data bus.

In some embodiments, the sled 400 may also include aresource-to-resource interconnect 624. The resource-to-resourceinterconnect 624 may be embodied as any type of communicationinterconnect capable of facilitating resource-to-resourcecommunications. In the illustrative embodiment, the resource-to-resourceinterconnect 624 is embodied as a high-speed point-to-point interconnect(e.g., faster than the I/O subsystem 622). For example, theresource-to-resource interconnect 624 may be embodied as a QuickPathInterconnect (QPI), an UltraPath Interconnect (UPI), or other high-speedpoint-to-point interconnect dedicated to resource-to-resourcecommunications.

The sled 400 also includes a power connector 640 configured to mate witha corresponding power connector of the rack 240 when the sled 400 ismounted in the corresponding rack 240. The sled 400 receives power froma power supply of the rack 240 via the power connector 640 to supplypower to the various electrical components of the sled 400. That is, thesled 400 does not include any local power supply (i.e., an on-boardpower supply) to provide power to the electrical components of the sled400. The exclusion of a local or on-board power supply facilitates thereduction in the overall footprint of the chassis-less circuit boardsubstrate 602, which may increase the thermal cooling characteristics ofthe various electrical components mounted on the chassis-less circuitboard substrate 602 as discussed above. In some embodiments, voltageregulators are placed on a bottom side 750 (see FIG. 7) of thechassis-less circuit board substrate 602 directly opposite of theprocessors 820 (see FIG. 8), and power is routed from the voltageregulators to the processors 820 by vias extending through the circuitboard substrate 602. Such a configuration provides an increased thermalbudget, additional current and/or voltage, and better voltage controlrelative to typical printed circuit boards in which processor power isdelivered from a voltage regulator, in part, by printed circuit traces.

In some embodiments, the sled 400 may also include mounting features 642configured to mate with a mounting arm, or other structure, of a robotto facilitate the placement of the sled 600 in a rack 240 by the robot.The mounting features 642 may be embodied as any type of physicalstructures that allow the robot to grasp the sled 400 without damagingthe chassis-less circuit board substrate 602 or the electricalcomponents mounted thereto. For example, in some embodiments, themounting features 642 may be embodied as non-conductive pads attached tothe chassis-less circuit board substrate 602. In other embodiments, themounting features may be embodied as brackets, braces, or other similarstructures attached to the chassis-less circuit board substrate 602. Theparticular number, shape, size, and/or make-up of the mounting feature642 may depend on the design of the robot configured to manage the sled400.

Referring now to FIG. 7, in addition to the physical resources 630mounted on the top side 650 of the chassis-less circuit board substrate602, the sled 400 also includes one or more memory devices 720 mountedto a bottom side 750 of the chassis-less circuit board substrate 602.That is, the chassis-less circuit board substrate 602 is embodied as adouble-sided circuit board. The physical resources 620 arecommunicatively coupled to the memory devices 720 via the I/O subsystem622. For example, the physical resources 620 and the memory devices 720may be communicatively coupled by one or more vias extending through thechassis-less circuit board substrate 602. Each physical resource 620 maybe communicatively coupled to a different set of one or more memorydevices 720 in some embodiments. Alternatively, in other embodiments,each physical resource 620 may be communicatively coupled to each memorydevice 720.

The memory devices 720 may be embodied as any type of memory devicecapable of storing data for the physical resources 620 during operationof the sled 400, such as any type of volatile (e.g., dynamic randomaccess memory (DRAM), etc.) or non-volatile memory. Volatile memory maybe a storage medium that requires power to maintain the state of datastored by the medium. Non-limiting examples of volatile memory mayinclude various types of random access memory (RAM), such as dynamicrandom access memory (DRAM) or static random access memory (SRAM). Oneparticular type of DRAM that may be used in a memory module issynchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM). In particularembodiments, DRAM of a memory component may comply with a standardpromulgated by JEDEC, such as JESD79F for DDR SDRAM, JESD79-2F for DDR2SDRAM, JESD79-3F for DDR3 SDRAM, JESD79-4A for DDR4 SDRAM, JESD209 forLow Power DDR (LPDDR), JESD209-2 for LPDDR2, JESD209-3 for LPDDR3, andJESD209-4 for LPDDR4. Such standards (and similar standards) may bereferred to as DDR-based standards and communication interfaces of thestorage devices that implement such standards may be referred to asDDR-based interfaces.

In one embodiment, the memory device is a block addressable memorydevice, such as those based on NAND or NOR technologies. A memory devicemay also include next-generation nonvolatile devices, such as Intel 3DXPoint™ memory or other byte addressable write-in-place nonvolatilememory devices. In one embodiment, the memory device may be or mayinclude memory devices that use chalcogenide glass, multi-thresholdlevel NAND flash memory, NOR flash memory, single or multi-level PhaseChange Memory (PCM), a resistive memory, nanowire memory, ferroelectrictransistor random access memory (FeTRAM), anti-ferroelectric memory,magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) memory that incorporatesmemristor technology, resistive memory including the metal oxide base,the oxygen vacancy base and the conductive bridge Random Access Memory(CB-RAM), or spin transfer torque (STT)-MRAM, a spintronic magneticjunction memory based device, a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) baseddevice, a DW (Domain Wall) and SOT (Spin Orbit Transfer) based device, athyristor based memory device, or a combination of any of the above, orother memory. The memory device may refer to the die itself and/or to apackaged memory product. In some embodiments, the memory device maycomprise a transistor-less stackable cross point architecture in whichmemory cells sit at the intersection of word lines and bit lines and areindividually addressable and in which bit storage is based on a changein bulk resistance.

Referring now to FIG. 8, in some embodiments, the sled 400 may beembodied as a compute sled 800. The compute sled 800 is optimized, orotherwise configured, to perform compute tasks. Of course, as discussedabove, the compute sled 800 may rely on other sleds, such asacceleration sleds and/or storage sleds, to perform such compute tasks.The compute sled 800 includes various physical resources (e.g.,electrical components) similar to the physical resources of the sled400, which have been identified in FIG. 8 using the same referencenumbers. The description of such components provided above in regard toFIGS. 6 and 7 applies to the corresponding components of the computesled 800 and is not repeated herein for clarity of the description ofthe compute sled 800.

In the illustrative compute sled 800, the physical resources 620 areembodied as processors 820. Although only two processors 820 are shownin FIG. 8, it should be appreciated that the compute sled 800 mayinclude additional processors 820 in other embodiments. Illustratively,the processors 820 are embodied as high-performance processors 820 andmay be configured to operate at a relatively high power rating. Althoughthe processors 820 generate additional heat operating at power ratingsgreater than typical processors (which operate at around 155-230 W), theenhanced thermal cooling characteristics of the chassis-less circuitboard substrate 602 discussed above facilitate the higher poweroperation. For example, in the illustrative embodiment, the processors820 are configured to operate at a power rating of at least 250 W. Insome embodiments, the processors 820 may be configured to operate at apower rating of at least 350 W.

In some embodiments, the compute sled 800 may also include aprocessor-to-processor interconnect 842. Similar to theresource-to-resource interconnect 624 of the sled 400 discussed above,the processor-to-processor interconnect 842 may be embodied as any typeof communication interconnect capable of facilitatingprocessor-to-processor interconnect 842 communications. In theillustrative embodiment, the processor-to-processor interconnect 842 isembodied as a high-speed point-to-point interconnect (e.g., faster thanthe I/O subsystem 622). For example, the processor-to-processorinterconnect 842 may be embodied as a QuickPath Interconnect (QPI), anUltraPath Interconnect (UPI), or other high-speed point-to-pointinterconnect dedicated to processor-to-processor communications.

The compute sled 800 also includes a communication circuit 830. Theillustrative communication circuit 830 includes a network interfacecontroller (NIC) 832, which may also be referred to as a host fabricinterface (HFI). The NIC 832 may be embodied as, or otherwise include,any type of integrated circuit, discrete circuits, controller chips,chipsets, add-in-boards, daughtercards, network interface cards, orother devices that may be used by the compute sled 800 to connect withanother compute device (e.g., with other sleds 400). In someembodiments, the NIC 832 may be embodied as part of a system-on-a-chip(SoC) that includes one or more processors, or included on a multichippackage that also contains one or more processors. In some embodiments,the NIC 832 may include a local processor (not shown) and/or a localmemory (not shown) that are both local to the NIC 832. In suchembodiments, the local processor of the NIC 832 may be capable ofperforming one or more of the functions of the processors 820.Additionally or alternatively, in such embodiments, the local memory ofthe NIC 832 may be integrated into one or more components of the computesled at the board level, socket level, chip level, and/or other levels.

The communication circuit 830 is communicatively coupled to an opticaldata connector 834. The optical data connector 834 is configured to matewith a corresponding optical data connector of the rack 240 when thecompute sled 800 is mounted in the rack 240. Illustratively, the opticaldata connector 834 includes a plurality of optical fibers which leadfrom a mating surface of the optical data connector 834 to an opticaltransceiver 836. The optical transceiver 836 is configured to convertincoming optical signals from the rack-side optical data connector toelectrical signals and to convert electrical signals to outgoing opticalsignals to the rack-side optical data connector. Although shown asforming part of the optical data connector 834 in the illustrativeembodiment, the optical transceiver 836 may form a portion of thecommunication circuit 830 in other embodiments.

In some embodiments, the compute sled 800 may also include an expansionconnector 840. In such embodiments, the expansion connector 840 isconfigured to mate with a corresponding connector of an expansionchassis-less circuit board substrate to provide additional physicalresources to the compute sled 800. The additional physical resources maybe used, for example, by the processors 820 during operation of thecompute sled 800. The expansion chassis-less circuit board substrate maybe substantially similar to the chassis-less circuit board substrate 602discussed above and may include various electrical components mountedthereto. The particular electrical components mounted to the expansionchassis-less circuit board substrate may depend on the intendedfunctionality of the expansion chassis-less circuit board substrate. Forexample, the expansion chassis-less circuit board substrate may provideadditional compute resources, memory resources, and/or storageresources. As such, the additional physical resources of the expansionchassis-less circuit board substrate may include, but is not limited to,processors, memory devices, storage devices, and/or accelerator circuitsincluding, for example, field programmable gate arrays (FPGA),application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), securityco-processors, graphics processing units (GPUs), machine learningcircuits, or other specialized processors, controllers, devices, and/orcircuits.

Referring now to FIG. 9, an illustrative embodiment of the compute sled800 is shown. As shown, the processors 820, communication circuit 830,and optical data connector 834 are mounted to the top side 650 of thechassis-less circuit board substrate 602. Any suitable attachment ormounting technology may be used to mount the physical resources of thecompute sled 800 to the chassis-less circuit board substrate 602. Forexample, the various physical resources may be mounted in correspondingsockets (e.g., a processor socket), holders, or brackets. In some cases,some of the electrical components may be directly mounted to thechassis-less circuit board substrate 602 via soldering or similartechniques.

As discussed above, the individual processors 820 and communicationcircuit 830 are mounted to the top side 650 of the chassis-less circuitboard substrate 602 such that no two heat-producing, electricalcomponents shadow each other. In the illustrative embodiment, theprocessors 820 and communication circuit 830 are mounted incorresponding locations on the top side 650 of the chassis-less circuitboard substrate 602 such that no two of those physical resources arelinearly in-line with others along the direction of the airflow path608. It should be appreciated that, although the optical data connector834 is in-line with the communication circuit 830, the optical dataconnector 834 produces no or nominal heat during operation.

The memory devices 720 of the compute sled 800 are mounted to the bottomside 750 of the of the chassis-less circuit board substrate 602 asdiscussed above in regard to the sled 400. Although mounted to thebottom side 750, the memory devices 720 are communicatively coupled tothe processors 820 located on the top side 650 via the I/O subsystem622. Because the chassis-less circuit board substrate 602 is embodied asa double-sided circuit board, the memory devices 720 and the processors820 may be communicatively coupled by one or more vias, connectors, orother mechanisms extending through the chassis-less circuit boardsubstrate 602. Of course, each processor 820 may be communicativelycoupled to a different set of one or more memory devices 720 in someembodiments. Alternatively, in other embodiments, each processor 820 maybe communicatively coupled to each memory device 720. In someembodiments, the memory devices 720 may be mounted to one or more memorymezzanines on the bottom side of the chassis-less circuit boardsubstrate 602 and may interconnect with a corresponding processor 820through a ball-grid array.

Each of the processors 820 includes a heatsink 850 secured thereto. Dueto the mounting of the memory devices 720 to the bottom side 750 of thechassis-less circuit board substrate 602 (as well as the verticalspacing of the sleds 400 in the corresponding rack 240), the top side650 of the chassis-less circuit board substrate 602 includes additional“free” area or space that facilitates the use of heatsinks 850 having alarger size relative to traditional heatsinks used in typical servers.Additionally, due to the improved thermal cooling characteristics of thechassis-less circuit board substrate 602, none of the processorheatsinks 850 include cooling fans attached thereto. That is, each ofthe heatsinks 850 is embodied as a fan-less heatsink. In someembodiments, the heat sinks 850 mounted atop the processors 820 mayoverlap with the heat sink attached to the communication circuit 830 inthe direction of the airflow path 608 due to their increased size, asillustratively suggested by FIG. 9.

Referring now to FIG. 10, in some embodiments, the sled 400 may beembodied as an accelerator sled 1000. The accelerator sled 1000 isconfigured, to perform specialized compute tasks, such as machinelearning, encryption, hashing, or other computational-intensive task. Insome embodiments, for example, a compute sled 800 may offload tasks tothe accelerator sled 1000 during operation. The accelerator sled 1000includes various components similar to components of the sled 400 and/orcompute sled 800, which have been identified in FIG. 10 using the samereference numbers. The description of such components provided above inregard to FIGS. 6, 7, and 8 apply to the corresponding components of theaccelerator sled 1000 and is not repeated herein for clarity of thedescription of the accelerator sled 1000.

In the illustrative accelerator sled 1000, the physical resources 620are embodied as accelerator circuits 1020. Although only two acceleratorcircuits 1020 are shown in FIG. 10, it should be appreciated that theaccelerator sled 1000 may include additional accelerator circuits 1020in other embodiments. For example, as shown in FIG. 11, the acceleratorsled 1000 may include four accelerator circuits 1020 in someembodiments. The accelerator circuits 1020 may be embodied as any typeof processor, co-processor, compute circuit, or other device capable ofperforming compute or processing operations. For example, theaccelerator circuits 1020 may be embodied as, for example, fieldprogrammable gate arrays (FPGA), application-specific integratedcircuits (ASICs), security co-processors, graphics processing units(GPUs), neuromorphic processor units, quantum computers, machinelearning circuits, or other specialized processors, controllers,devices, and/or circuits.

In some embodiments, the accelerator sled 1000 may also include anaccelerator-to-accelerator interconnect 1042. Similar to theresource-to-resource interconnect 624 of the sled 600 discussed above,the accelerator-to-accelerator interconnect 1042 may be embodied as anytype of communication interconnect capable of facilitatingaccelerator-to-accelerator communications. In the illustrativeembodiment, the accelerator-to-accelerator interconnect 1042 is embodiedas a high-speed point-to-point interconnect (e.g., faster than the I/Osubsystem 622). For example, the accelerator-to-accelerator interconnect1042 may be embodied as a QuickPath Interconnect (QPI), an UltraPathInterconnect (UPI), or other high-speed point-to-point interconnectdedicated to processor-to-processor communications. In some embodiments,the accelerator circuits 1020 may be daisy-chained with a primaryaccelerator circuit 1020 connected to the NIC 832 and memory 720 throughthe I/O subsystem 622 and a secondary accelerator circuit 1020 connectedto the NIC 832 and memory 720 through a primary accelerator circuit1020.

Referring now to FIG. 11, an illustrative embodiment of the acceleratorsled 1000 is shown. As discussed above, the accelerator circuits 1020,communication circuit 830, and optical data connector 834 are mounted tothe top side 650 of the chassis-less circuit board substrate 602. Again,the individual accelerator circuits 1020 and communication circuit 830are mounted to the top side 650 of the chassis-less circuit boardsubstrate 602 such that no two heat-producing, electrical componentsshadow each other as discussed above. The memory devices 720 of theaccelerator sled 1000 are mounted to the bottom side 750 of the of thechassis-less circuit board substrate 602 as discussed above in regard tothe sled 600. Although mounted to the bottom side 750, the memorydevices 720 are communicatively coupled to the accelerator circuits 1020located on the top side 650 via the I/O subsystem 622 (e.g., throughvias). Further, each of the accelerator circuits 1020 may include aheatsink 1070 that is larger than a traditional heatsink used in aserver. As discussed above with reference to the heatsinks 870, theheatsinks 1070 may be larger than traditional heatsinks because of the“free” area provided by the memory resources 720 being located on thebottom side 750 of the chassis-less circuit board substrate 602 ratherthan on the top side 650.

Referring now to FIG. 12, in some embodiments, the sled 400 may beembodied as a storage sled 1200. The storage sled 1200 is configured, tostore data in a data storage 1250 local to the storage sled 1200. Forexample, during operation, a compute sled 800 or an accelerator sled1000 may store and retrieve data from the data storage 1250 of thestorage sled 1200. The storage sled 1200 includes various componentssimilar to components of the sled 400 and/or the compute sled 800, whichhave been identified in FIG. 12 using the same reference numbers. Thedescription of such components provided above in regard to FIGS. 6, 7,and 8 apply to the corresponding components of the storage sled 1200 andis not repeated herein for clarity of the description of the storagesled 1200.

In the illustrative storage sled 1200, the physical resources 620 areembodied as storage controllers 1220. Although only two storagecontrollers 1220 are shown in FIG. 12, it should be appreciated that thestorage sled 1200 may include additional storage controllers 1220 inother embodiments. The storage controllers 1220 may be embodied as anytype of processor, controller, or control circuit capable of controllingthe storage and retrieval of data into the data storage 1250 based onrequests received via the communication circuit 830. In the illustrativeembodiment, the storage controllers 1220 are embodied as relativelylow-power processors or controllers. For example, in some embodiments,the storage controllers 1220 may be configured to operate at a powerrating of about 75 watts.

In some embodiments, the storage sled 1200 may also include acontroller-to-controller interconnect 1242. Similar to theresource-to-resource interconnect 624 of the sled 400 discussed above,the controller-to-controller interconnect 1242 may be embodied as anytype of communication interconnect capable of facilitatingcontroller-to-controller communications. In the illustrative embodiment,the controller-to-controller interconnect 1242 is embodied as ahigh-speed point-to-point interconnect (e.g., faster than the I/Osubsystem 622). For example, the controller-to-controller interconnect1242 may be embodied as a QuickPath Interconnect (QPI), an UltraPathInterconnect (UPI), or other high-speed point-to-point interconnectdedicated to processor-to-processor communications.

Referring now to FIG. 13, an illustrative embodiment of the storage sled1200 is shown. In the illustrative embodiment, the data storage 1250 isembodied as, or otherwise includes, a storage cage 1252 configured tohouse one or more solid state drives (SSDs) 1254. To do so, the storagecage 1252 includes a number of mounting slots 1256, each of which isconfigured to receive a corresponding solid state drive 1254. Each ofthe mounting slots 1256 includes a number of drive guides 1258 thatcooperate to define an access opening 1260 of the corresponding mountingslot 1256. The storage cage 1252 is secured to the chassis-less circuitboard substrate 602 such that the access openings face away from (i.e.,toward the front of) the chassis-less circuit board substrate 602. Assuch, solid state drives 1254 are accessible while the storage sled 1200is mounted in a corresponding rack 204. For example, a solid state drive1254 may be swapped out of a rack 240 (e.g., via a robot) while thestorage sled 1200 remains mounted in the corresponding rack 240.

The storage cage 1252 illustratively includes sixteen mounting slots1256 and is capable of mounting and storing sixteen solid state drives1254. Of course, the storage cage 1252 may be configured to storeadditional or fewer solid state drives 1254 in other embodiments.Additionally, in the illustrative embodiment, the solid state driversare mounted vertically in the storage cage 1252, but may be mounted inthe storage cage 1252 in a different orientation in other embodiments.Each solid state drive 1254 may be embodied as any type of data storagedevice capable of storing long term data. To do so, the solid statedrives 1254 may include volatile and non-volatile memory devicesdiscussed above.

As shown in FIG. 13, the storage controllers 1220, the communicationcircuit 830, and the optical data connector 834 are illustrativelymounted to the top side 650 of the chassis-less circuit board substrate602. Again, as discussed above, any suitable attachment or mountingtechnology may be used to mount the electrical components of the storagesled 1200 to the chassis-less circuit board substrate 602 including, forexample, sockets (e.g., a processor socket), holders, brackets, solderedconnections, and/or other mounting or securing techniques.

As discussed above, the individual storage controllers 1220 and thecommunication circuit 830 are mounted to the top side 650 of thechassis-less circuit board substrate 602 such that no twoheat-producing, electrical components shadow each other. For example,the storage controllers 1220 and the communication circuit 830 aremounted in corresponding locations on the top side 650 of thechassis-less circuit board substrate 602 such that no two of thoseelectrical components are linearly in-line with each other along thedirection of the airflow path 608.

The memory devices 720 of the storage sled 1200 are mounted to thebottom side 750 of the of the chassis-less circuit board substrate 602as discussed above in regard to the sled 400. Although mounted to thebottom side 750, the memory devices 720 are communicatively coupled tothe storage controllers 1220 located on the top side 650 via the I/Osubsystem 622. Again, because the chassis-less circuit board substrate602 is embodied as a double-sided circuit board, the memory devices 720and the storage controllers 1220 may be communicatively coupled by oneor more vias, connectors, or other mechanisms extending through thechassis-less circuit board substrate 602. Each of the storagecontrollers 1220 includes a heatsink 1270 secured thereto. As discussedabove, due to the improved thermal cooling characteristics of thechassis-less circuit board substrate 602 of the storage sled 1200, noneof the heatsinks 1270 include cooling fans attached thereto. That is,each of the heatsinks 1270 is embodied as a fan-less heatsink.

Referring now to FIG. 14, in some embodiments, the sled 400 may beembodied as a memory sled 1400. The storage sled 1400 is optimized, orotherwise configured, to provide other sleds 400 (e.g., compute sleds800, accelerator sleds 1000, etc.) with access to a pool of memory(e.g., in two or more sets 1430, 1432 of memory devices 720) local tothe memory sled 1200. For example, during operation, a compute sled 800or an accelerator sled 1000 may remotely write to and/or read from oneor more of the memory sets 1430, 1432 of the memory sled 1200 using alogical address space that maps to physical addresses in the memory sets1430, 1432. The memory sled 1400 includes various components similar tocomponents of the sled 400 and/or the compute sled 800, which have beenidentified in FIG. 14 using the same reference numbers. The descriptionof such components provided above in regard to FIGS. 6, 7, and 8 applyto the corresponding components of the memory sled 1400 and is notrepeated herein for clarity of the description of the memory sled 1400.

In the illustrative memory sled 1400, the physical resources 620 areembodied as memory controllers 1420. Although only two memorycontrollers 1420 are shown in FIG. 14, it should be appreciated that thememory sled 1400 may include additional memory controllers 1420 in otherembodiments. The memory controllers 1420 may be embodied as any type ofprocessor, controller, or control circuit capable of controlling thewriting and reading of data into the memory sets 1430, 1432 based onrequests received via the communication circuit 830. In the illustrativeembodiment, each memory controller 1420 is connected to a correspondingmemory set 1430, 1432 to write to and read from memory devices 720within the corresponding memory set 1430, 1432 and enforce anypermissions (e.g., read, write, etc.) associated with sled 400 that hassent a request to the memory sled 1400 to perform a memory accessoperation (e.g., read or write).

In some embodiments, the memory sled 1400 may also include acontroller-to-controller interconnect 1442. Similar to theresource-to-resource interconnect 624 of the sled 400 discussed above,the controller-to-controller interconnect 1442 may be embodied as anytype of communication interconnect capable of facilitatingcontroller-to-controller communications. In the illustrative embodiment,the controller-to-controller interconnect 1442 is embodied as ahigh-speed point-to-point interconnect (e.g., faster than the I/Osubsystem 622). For example, the controller-to-controller interconnect1442 may be embodied as a QuickPath Interconnect (QPI), an UltraPathInterconnect (UPI), or other high-speed point-to-point interconnectdedicated to processor-to-processor communications. As such, in someembodiments, a memory controller 1420 may access, through thecontroller-to-controller interconnect 1442, memory that is within thememory set 1432 associated with another memory controller 1420. In someembodiments, a scalable memory controller is made of multiple smallermemory controllers, referred to herein as “chiplets”, on a memory sled(e.g., the memory sled 1400). The chiplets may be interconnected (e.g.,using EMIB (Embedded Multi-Die Interconnect Bridge)). The combinedchiplet memory controller may scale up to a relatively large number ofmemory controllers and I/O ports, (e.g., up to 16 memory channels). Insome embodiments, the memory controllers 1420 may implement a memoryinterleave (e.g., one memory address is mapped to the memory set 1430,the next memory address is mapped to the memory set 1432, and the thirdaddress is mapped to the memory set 1430, etc.). The interleaving may bemanaged within the memory controllers 1420, or from CPU sockets (e.g.,of the compute sled 800) across network links to the memory sets 1430,1432, and may improve the latency associated with performing memoryaccess operations as compared to accessing contiguous memory addressesfrom the same memory device.

Further, in some embodiments, the memory sled 1400 may be connected toone or more other sleds 400 (e.g., in the same rack 240 or an adjacentrack 240) through a waveguide, using the waveguide connector 1480. Inthe illustrative embodiment, the waveguides are 64 millimeter waveguidesthat provide 16 Rx (i.e., receive) lanes and 16 Tx (i.e., transmit)lanes. Each lane, in the illustrative embodiment, is either 16 GHz or 32GHz. In other embodiments, the frequencies may be different. Using awaveguide may provide high throughput access to the memory pool (e.g.,the memory sets 1430, 1432) to another sled (e.g., a sled 400 in thesame rack 240 or an adjacent rack 240 as the memory sled 1400) withoutadding to the load on the optical data connector 834.

Referring now to FIG. 15, a system for executing one or more workloads(e.g., applications) may be implemented in accordance with the datacenter 100. In the illustrative embodiment, the system 1510 includes anorchestrator server 1520, which may be embodied as a managed nodecomprising a compute device (e.g., a processor 820 on a compute sled800) executing management software (e.g., a cloud operating environment,such as OpenStack) that is communicatively coupled to multiple sleds 400including a large number of compute sleds 1530 (e.g., each similar tothe compute sled 800), memory sleds 1540 (e.g., each similar to thememory sled 1400), accelerator sleds 1550 (e.g., each similar to thememory sled 1000), and storage sleds 1560 (e.g., each similar to thestorage sled 1200). One or more of the sleds 1530, 1540, 1550, 1560 maybe grouped into a managed node 1570, such as by the orchestrator server1520, to collectively perform a workload (e.g., an application 1532executed in a virtual machine or in a container). The managed node 1570may be embodied as an assembly of physical resources 620, such asprocessors 820, memory resources 720, accelerator circuits 1020, or datastorage 1250, from the same or different sleds 400. Further, the managednode may be established, defined, or “spun up” by the orchestratorserver 1520 at the time a workload is to be assigned to the managed nodeor at any other time, and may exist regardless of whether any workloadsare presently assigned to the managed node. In the illustrativeembodiment, the orchestrator server 1520 may selectively allocate and/ordeallocate physical resources 620 from the sleds 400 and/or add orremove one or more sleds 400 from the managed node 1570 as a function ofquality of service (QoS) targets (e.g., performance targets associatedwith a throughput, latency, instructions per second, etc.) associatedwith a service level agreement for the workload (e.g., the application1532). In doing so, the orchestrator server 1520 may receive telemetrydata indicative of performance conditions (e.g., throughput, latency,instructions per second, etc.) in each sled 400 of the managed node 1570and compare the telemetry data to the quality of service targets todetermine whether the quality of service targets are being satisfied.The orchestrator server 1520 may additionally determine whether one ormore physical resources may be deallocated from the managed node 1570while still satisfying the QoS targets, thereby freeing up thosephysical resources for use in another managed node (e.g., to execute adifferent workload). Alternatively, if the QoS targets are not presentlysatisfied, the orchestrator server 1520 may determine to dynamicallyallocate additional physical resources to assist in the execution of theworkload (e.g., the application 1532) while the workload is executing.Similarly, the orchestrator server 1520 may determine to dynamicallydeallocate physical resources from a managed node if the orchestratorserver 1520 determines that deallocating the physical resource wouldresult in QoS targets still being met.

Additionally, in some embodiments, the orchestrator server 1520 mayidentify trends in the resource utilization of the workload (e.g., theapplication 1532), such as by identifying phases of execution (e.g.,time periods in which different operations, each having differentresource utilizations characteristics, are performed) of the workload(e.g., the application 1532) and pre-emptively identifying availableresources in the data center 100 and allocating them to the managed node1570 (e.g., within a predefined time period of the associated phasebeginning). In some embodiments, the orchestrator server 1520 may modelperformance based on various latencies and a distribution scheme toplace workloads among compute sleds and other resources (e.g.,accelerator sleds, memory sleds, storage sleds) in the data center 100.For example, the orchestrator server 1520 may utilize a model thataccounts for the performance of resources on the sleds 400 (e.g., FPGAperformance, memory access latency, etc.) and the performance (e.g.,congestion, latency, bandwidth) of the path through the network to theresource (e.g., FPGA). As such, the orchestrator server 1520 maydetermine which resource(s) should be used with which workloads based onthe total latency associated with each potential resource available inthe data center 100 (e.g., the latency associated with the performanceof the resource itself in addition to the latency associated with thepath through the network between the compute sled executing the workloadand the sled 400 on which the resource is located).

In some embodiments, the orchestrator server 1520 may generate a map ofheat generation in the data center 100 using telemetry data (e.g.,temperatures, fan speeds, etc.) reported from the sleds 400 and allocateresources to managed nodes as a function of the map of heat generationand predicted heat generation associated with different workloads, tomaintain a target temperature and heat distribution in the data center100. Additionally or alternatively, in some embodiments, theorchestrator server 1520 may organize received telemetry data into ahierarchical model that is indicative of a relationship between themanaged nodes (e.g., a spatial relationship such as the physicallocations of the resources of the managed nodes within the data center100 and/or a functional relationship, such as groupings of the managednodes by the customers the managed nodes provide services for, the typesof functions typically performed by the managed nodes, managed nodesthat typically share or exchange workloads among each other, etc.).Based on differences in the physical locations and resources in themanaged nodes, a given workload may exhibit different resourceutilizations (e.g., cause a different internal temperature, use adifferent percentage of processor or memory capacity) across theresources of different managed nodes. The orchestrator server 1520 maydetermine the differences based on the telemetry data stored in thehierarchical model and factor the differences into a prediction offuture resource utilization of a workload if the workload is reassignedfrom one managed node to another managed node, to accurately balanceresource utilization in the data center 100.

To reduce the computational load on the orchestrator server 1520 and thedata transfer load on the network, in some embodiments, the orchestratorserver 1520 may send self-test information to the sleds 400 to enableeach sled 400 to locally (e.g., on the sled 400) determine whethertelemetry data generated by the sled 400 satisfies one or moreconditions (e.g., an available capacity that satisfies a predefinedthreshold, a temperature that satisfies a predefined threshold, etc.).Each sled 400 may then report back a simplified result (e.g., yes or no)to the orchestrator server 1520, which the orchestrator server 1520 mayutilize in determining the allocation of resources to managed nodes.

Referring now to FIG. 16, a system 1600 for providing I/O channelabstraction for accelerator device kernels includes multiple acceleratorsleds 1610, 1612, and a compute sled 1614 in communication with eachother and with an orchestrator server 1616, which may also be referredto as a telemetry service device. Each accelerator sled 1610, 1612 issimilar to the accelerator sled 1000 of FIG. 10. While two acceleratorsleds 1610, 1612 are shown for clarity, it should be understood that thesystem 1600 may have a different number of accelerator sleds (e.g.,tens, hundreds, or thousands) and may include other types of sleds(memory, storage, etc.). In the illustrative embodiment, the acceleratorsled 1610 includes two accelerator devices 1620, 1622, similar to theaccelerator circuits 1020 of the accelerator sled 1000 of FIG. 10. Inthe illustrative embodiment, each accelerator device 1620, 1622 is anFPGA. The gates of the FPGA 1620 are partitioned into two slots 1630,1632 (e.g., each a subset of the gates present in the FPGA 1620). Eachslot 1630, 1632 implements a corresponding kernel 1660, 1662, each ofwhich may be embodied as a set of gates configured to perform a set offunctions (e.g., operations offloaded from a compute sled, such as thecompute sled 1614, to increase the speed at which a workload (e.g., theapplication 1682 executed by a processor 1680) is performed on behalf ofa customer, also referred to herein as a tenant). Additionally, eachslot 1630, 1632, in the illustrative embodiment, includes acommunication abstraction logic unit 1640, 1642 which may be embodied asany device or circuitry (e.g., a subset of the gates of thecorresponding slot 1630, 1632, a processor, a controller, etc.)configured to identify other accelerator devices and accelerator devicekernels available in the system 1600, identify physical communicationpath(s) between the corresponding kernel 1660, 1662 and the identifiedaccelerator devices and kernels in the system 1600, and selectivelyestablish a logical communication path with one or more of theaccelerator devices and their associated kernel(s) (e.g., at the requestof the corresponding kernel 1660, 1662). The physical communicationpaths are embodied as the underlying buses and networking connections(e.g., PCIe, Ethernet, optical fiber, waveguides, etc.) within anaccelerator device, between accelerator devices on the same sled, orbetween sleds and a logical communication connection is an abstractionof the one or more of the physical communication paths, exposed by thecommunication abstraction logic unit 1640, 1642 to the correspondingkernel 1660, 1662. In establishing a logical communication path, acommunication abstraction logic unit 1640, 1642, in the illustrativeembodiment, determines an amount of communication capacity (e.g.,throughput, latency, etc.) to provide to the corresponding kernel 1660,1662 based on quality of service (QoS) parameters associated with thekernel (e.g., QoS parameters defined in a service level agreement (SLA)between a tenant associated with the kernel 1660, 1662 and an operatorof the system 1600, QoS parameters included in a request from the kernel1660, 1662, etc.). Furthermore, the communication abstraction logic unit1640, 1642 continually monitors availability data (e.g., provided to thecommunication abstraction logic unit 1640 by other communicationabstraction logic units in the system 1600 and/or based on telemetrydata collected by the orchestrator server 1616) indicative of theaccelerator devices and kernels available in the system 1600, thelatency (e.g., time delays to send and receive data) and congestion(e.g., amount of traffic) on the physical communication paths, and/orother factors. Additionally, the communication abstraction logic unit1640, 1642 may continually modify (e.g., reroute) a logicalcommunication path through the available physical communication pathswithout burdening the kernel 1660, 1662 with managing the communicationdetails.

The accelerator device 1622 includes slots 1634, 1636, similar to theslots 1630, 1632 described above. Further, each slot 1634, 1636 includesa corresponding kernel 1664, 1666 and communication abstraction logicunit 1644, 1646, similar to the communication abstraction logic units1640, 1642 described above. Additionally, the accelerator sled 1612includes accelerators devices 1624 and 1626. The accelerator device1624, in the illustrative embodiment, is a graphics processing unit(GPU), which may be embodied as any device or circuitry (e.g., aprogrammable logic chip, a processor, etc.) configured to performgraphics-related computations (e.g., matrix multiplication, vectoroperations, etc.), and the accelerator device 1626, in the illustrativeembodiment, is a vision processing unit (VPU), which may be embodied asany device or circuitry (e.g., a programmable logic chip, a processor,etc.) configured to perform operations related to machine vision,machine learning, and artificial intelligence. Each accelerator device1624, 1626, in the illustrative embodiment, includes a correspondingkernel 1668, 1670 and communication abstraction logic unit 1648, 1650,similar to the communication abstraction logic units 1640, 1642described above. While, in the illustrative embodiment, each slot of theaccelerator devices 1620, 1622 (FPGAs) includes a correspondingcommunication abstraction logic unit, in other embodiments, there may beone communication abstraction logic unit per accelerator device, or oneabstraction logic unit per sled.

Referring now to FIGS. 17-21, the accelerator device 1620, in operation,may perform a method for providing I/O channel abstraction (e.g.,abstraction of inter-kernel communication) for an accelerator devicekernel (e.g., the kernel 1660). While the method 1700 is described asbeing performed by the accelerator device 1620, it should be understoodthat any other accelerator device 1622, 1624, 1626 may also perform themethod 1700. The method 1700 begins with block 1702, in which theaccelerator device 1620 (e.g., the communication abstraction logic unit1640) determines whether to enable inter-kernel communicationabstraction (e.g., I/O channel abstraction). In the illustrativeembodiment, the accelerator device 1620 (e.g., the communicationabstraction logic unit 1640) may determine to enable inter-kernelcommunication abstraction in response to determining that theaccelerator device 1620 is equipped with a communication abstractionlogic unit (e.g., the communication abstraction logic unit 1640). Inother embodiments, the accelerator device 1620 (e.g., the communicationabstraction logic unit 1640) may determine to enable inter-kernelcommunication abstraction based on other factors. Regardless, inresponse to a determination to enable inter-kernel communicationabstraction, the method 1700 advances to block 1704 in which theaccelerator device 1620 (e.g., the communication abstraction logic unit1640) obtains availability data indicative of the availability ofaccelerator device kernels (e.g., of the accelerator devices and thekernels implemented on the accelerator devices) in the system 1600. Indoing so, the accelerator device 1620 (e.g., the communicationabstraction logic unit 1640) obtains data indicative of types ofaccelerator devices and kernels available in the system 1600. Forexample, the accelerator device 1620 (e.g., the communicationabstraction logic unit 1640) may receive data indicating that theaccelerator sled 1610 includes two accelerator devices 1620, 1622, whichare both FPGAs, and that each FPGA 1620, 1622 has two slots 1630, 1632,1634, 1636 with a corresponding kernel. Further, the availability data,in the illustrative embodiment, indicates the set of functions that thekernel in each slot of each FPGA is capable of performing. Further, theavailability data, in the illustrative embodiment indicates that theaccelerator sled 1612 includes the GPU 1624 and that the correspondingkernel 1668 supports a corresponding set of functions (e.g., matrixmultiplication operations), and that the accelerator sled 1612 includesthe VPU 1626 and that the corresponding kernel 1650 supports acorresponding set of functions (e.g., object recognition operations,neural network training operations, etc.). Additionally, as indicated inblock 1708, the accelerator device 1620 (e.g., the communicationabstraction logic unit 1640) may obtain data indicative of a presentcapacity of each accelerator device 1620, 1622, 1624, 1626 in the system1600. For example, and as indicated in block 1710, the acceleratordevice 1620 (e.g., the communication abstraction logic unit 1640) mayobtain data indicative of a present load on each accelerator device(e.g., a percentage of total computational throughput being used, anumber of operations per second presently being performed, etc.).Additionally, in some embodiments, the accelerator device 1620 (e.g.,the communication abstraction logic unit 1640) may obtain dataindicative of a power consumption on each accelerator device. In suchembodiments, the accelerator sled 1610 may monitor all the acceleratordevices of the accelerator sled 1610 for a temperature and a presentpower consumption of each accelerator device and may estimate powerconsumption based on the present workload. As discussed further below,the accelerator device 1620 may determine to communicate with otheraccelerator device kernel(s) in response to a determination that thepower consumption of the accelerator device 1620 or the accelerator sled1610 exceeds a predefined threshold.

As indicated in block 1712, the accelerator device 1620 (e.g., thecommunication abstraction logic unit 1640) may obtain data indicative ofdeactivated accelerator devices (e.g., accelerator devices with nocapacity) in the system 1600.

In the illustrative embodiment, the accelerator device 1620 (e.g., thecommunication abstraction logic unit 1640) obtains availability dataindicative of a location of each accelerator device kernel (e.g., thekernels 1662, 1664, 1666, 1668, 1670) in the system 1600, as indicatedin block 1714. In doing so, the accelerator device 1620 (e.g., thecommunication abstraction logic unit 1640) may obtain data indicative ofphysical communication paths to each accelerator device kernel, asindicated in block 1716. For example, and as indicated in block 1718,the accelerator device 1620 (e.g., the communication abstraction logicunit 1640) obtains data indicative of physical communication pathsbetween sleds 1610, 1612 (e.g., an Ethernet connection, an optical fiberconnection, a waveguide connection, etc., including any switches orother intermediary devices). The accelerator device 1620 (e.g., thecommunication abstraction logic unit 1640) may obtain data indicative ofphysical communication paths between accelerator devices (e.g., betweenthe accelerator device 1620, 1622) on the same sled (e.g., on the sled1610), such as a peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) bus, aserial interconnect, or other local bus, as indicated in block 1720. Asindicated in block 1722, the accelerator device 1620 (e.g., thecommunication abstraction logic unit 1640) may obtain data indicative ofphysical communication paths between portions of the same acceleratordevice (e.g., between slots 1630, 1632 of the same FPGA 1620). Theaccelerator device 1620 (e.g., the communication abstraction logic unit1640) may additionally obtain data indicative of congestion on eachphysical communication path (e.g., a latency, an amount of packets sentper second, an amount of data sent per second, a percentage of the totalbandwidth of the physical communication path being used, etc.), asindicated in block 1724. As indicated in block 1726, the acceleratordevice 1620 (e.g., the communication abstraction logic unit 1640)receives availability data from other accelerator devices (e.g., fromthe communication abstraction logic units 1642, 1644, 1646, 1648, 1650).Additionally or alternatively, the accelerator device 1620 (e.g., thecommunication abstraction logic unit 1640) may receive the availabilitydata from a telemetry service device (e.g., the orchestrator server1616), as indicated in block 1728. Subsequently, the method 1700advances to block 1730 of FIG. 18, in which the accelerator device 1620(e.g., the communication abstraction logic unit 1640) sends availabilitydata to other devices in the system 1600.

Referring now to FIG. 18, the accelerator device 1620 (e.g., thecommunication abstraction logic unit 1640), in sending the availabilitydata, may send availability data pertaining to the present acceleratordevice 1620 to one or more devices, as indicated in block 1732. Asindicated in block 1734, the accelerator device 1620 (e.g., thecommunication abstraction logic unit 1640) may send availability datapertaining to another accelerator device to one or more devices. Forexample, the accelerator device 1620 (e.g., the communicationabstraction logic unit 1640) may send the availability data to otheraccelerator devices in the system 1600, as indicated in block 1736. Asindicated in block 1738, the accelerator device 1620 (e.g., thecommunication abstraction logic unit 1640) may send the availabilitydata to a telemetry service device (e.g., the orchestrator server 1616).As discussed further below, the telemetry service device may monitor anamount of congestion on each accelerator device kernel to determine alogical communication path between accelerator device kernels.

Still referring to FIG. 18, the accelerator device 1620 (e.g., thecommunication abstraction logic unit 1640), may receive a request toestablish a logical communication path (e.g., a representation of acommunication path that maps to one or more physical communicationpaths) with another accelerator device kernel (e.g., one or more ofkernels 1662, 1666, 1668, 1670), as indicated in block 1740. In doingso, the accelerator device 1620 (e.g., the communication abstractionlogic unit 1640) may receive a request from a kernel executed on thepresent accelerator sled (e.g., the kernel 1660 on the FPGA 1620 of thesled 1610), as indicated in block 1742. As indicated in block 1744, theaccelerator device 1620 (e.g., the communication abstraction logic unit1640), may receive a request that identifies a type of kernel tocommunicate with (e.g., data including a name or other identifier of akernel in the system 1600, data indicative of one or more functionssupported by the kernel to be communicated with, etc.). The request mayalso include data indicative of the type of accelerator device hostingthe kernel to be communicated with (e.g., an FPGA, a GPU, a VPU, etc.),as indicated in block 1746. As indicated in block 1748, the acceleratordevice 1620 (e.g., the communication abstraction logic unit 1640) mayreceive a request that identifies one or more target quality of serviceparameters for the requested communication with the other kernel(s). Forexample, and as indicated in block 1750, the accelerator device 1620(e.g., the communication abstraction logic unit 1640) may receive arequest that specifies a target latency (e.g., a maximum amount of timethat may elapse for a packet to be delivered to the other kernel). Asindicated in block 1752, the accelerator device 1620 (e.g., thecommunication abstraction logic unit 1640) may receive a request thatspecifies a target bandwidth. Additionally or alternatively, theaccelerator device 1620 (e.g., the communication abstraction logic unit1640) may receive a request that references a service level agreement(SLA) that defines one or more quality of service parameters for thelogical communication path with the other kernel(s), as indicated inblock 1754. As indicated in block 1756, the accelerator device 1620(e.g., the communication abstraction logic unit 1640) may alternativelydetermine the target quality of service parameter(s) from an identity ofa tenant (e.g., customer) associated with the requesting kernel and anSLA associated with the tenant. As discussed further below, in someembodiments, the accelerator device 1620 may establish a logicalcommunication path with other accelerator device kernel(s) in responseto a determination that the quality of service does not satisfy (e.g.,is below) one or more target quality of service parameter defined in theSLA. Subsequently, the method 1700 advances to block 1758 of FIG. 19.

Referring now to FIG. 19, the accelerator device 1620 (e.g., thecommunication abstraction logic unit 1640) determines the subsequentcourse of action based on whether to communicate with other acceleratordevice kernel(s). To do so, in some embodiments, the accelerator device1620 may determine whether a request to establish a logicalcommunication path is received in block 1740, as indicated in block1760. In other embodiments, the accelerator device 1620 may determinewhether the quality of service has decreased below the service levelagreement (SLA) associated with a tenant of the accelerator device 1620,as indicated in block 1762. Additionally or alternatively, theaccelerator device 1620 may determine whether the power consumption ofthe accelerator device 1620 has exceeded a predefined threshold asindicated in block 1764.

If the accelerator device 1620 determines not to communicate withanother kernel to request to establish a logical communication path(e.g., if a request to establish a logical communication path was notreceived, the quality of service is not below the SLA, and/or the powerconsumption does not exceed the predefined threshold) in block 1766, themethod 1700 loops back to block 1704 of FIG. 17, in which theaccelerator device 1620 continues to obtain availability data (e.g.,from other accelerator devices and/or from the orchestrator server1616). Otherwise, if the accelerator device 1620 determines tocommunicate with another accelerator device kernel(s) (e.g., if arequest to establish a logical communication path was received, thequality of service is below the SLA, and/or the power consumptionexceeds the predefined threshold), the method 1700 advances to block1768 of FIG. 20.

In block 1768 of FIG. 20, the accelerator device 1620 (e.g., thecommunication abstraction logic unit 1640) establishes a logicalcommunication path with the other accelerator device kernel(s) using theavailability data (e.g., the availability data obtained in block 1704 ofFIG. 17). To do so, and as indicated in block 1770, the acceleratordevice 1620 (e.g., the communication abstraction logic unit 1640)selects target accelerator device(s) (e.g., accelerator devices tocommunicate with) and corresponding kernels, based on the requestedtypes (e.g., the accelerator device type and kernel type from blocks1744, 1746). In block 1772, the accelerator device 1620 (e.g., thecommunication abstraction logic unit 1640) determines path(s) to thetarget accelerator device kernel(s). In doing so, and as indicated inblock 1774, the accelerator device 1620 (e.g., the communicationabstraction logic unit 1640) determines a shortest path to theaccelerator device kernel(s) as a function of the availability data. Asindicated in block 1776, the accelerator device 1620 (e.g., thecommunication abstraction logic unit 1640) may determine the path havingthe lowest latency. Additionally or alternatively, the acceleratordevice 1620 (e.g., the communication abstraction logic unit 1640) maydetermine the path having the lowest number of intermediary devices(e.g., switches, other accelerator devices through which the targetaccelerator device is connected to the accelerator device 1620, etc.),as indicated in block 1778. Additionally or alternatively, theaccelerator device 1620 (e.g., the communication abstraction logic unit1640) may determine the path having the least amount of congestion basedon the telemetry data indicative of performance conditions (e.g.,throughput, latency, instructions per second, etc.), as indicated inblock 1780. In block 1782, the accelerator device 1620 (e.g., thecommunication abstraction logic unit 1640) may allocate multiplephysical communication paths to a single logical communication pathbased on the target quality of service parameters (e.g., combiningmultiple physical communication paths to obtain a target bandwidth).Additionally or alternatively, the accelerator device 1620 (e.g., thecommunication abstraction logic unit 1640) may also allocate multiplephysical communication paths to a single logical communication pathbased on allowed power consumption allocated to the accelerator device1620. In other words, the accelerator device 1620 may establish alogical communication path with other accelerator device kernel(s) tothrottle available accelerator device kernel(s) to ensure that the powerconsumption of the corresponding accelerator sled 1610 remains withinthe predetermined threshold.

As indicated in block 1784, the accelerator device 1620 (e.g., thecommunication abstraction logic unit 1640) may allocate less than thetotal amount of communication capacity of a given physical communicationpath to the logical communication path, based on the target quality ofservice parameters (e.g., the target bandwidth is less than the totalavailable bandwidth of a given physical communication path). Asindicated in block 1786, the accelerator device 1620 (e.g., thecommunication abstraction logic unit 1640) may reroute an existinglogical communication path (e.g., to utilize different physicalcommunication path(s), to utilize more of the available capacity of aphysical communication path, etc.), to maintain a target quality ofservice (e.g., a target bandwidth, a target latency, etc.). In theillustrative embodiment, the accelerator device 1620 (e.g., thecommunication abstraction logic unit 1640) sends data indicative of theestablished logical communication path (e.g., the selected physicalcommunication path(s) and the capacities of the physical communicationpath(s) to be allocated to a given logical communication path) to thetarget kernels (e.g., to the communication abstraction logic unit 1642,1646, 1648, 1650 associated with the target kernel), as indicated inblock 1788. Subsequently, the method 1700 advances to block 1790 of FIG.21, in which the accelerator device 1620 (e.g., the communicationabstraction logic unit 1640) communicates data between acceleratordevice kernels using the established logical communication path(s).

Referring now to FIG. 20, in communicating the data, the acceleratordevice 1620 (e.g., the communication abstraction logic unit 1640)communicates data through the corresponding physical communicationpath(s), as indicated in block 1792. In doing so, the accelerator device1620 (e.g., the communication abstraction logic unit 1640) may add oneor more headers to packets associated with the established logicalcommunication path(s) (e.g., routing data to enable the packet(s) totravel through the corresponding physical communication path(s) to thetarget kernel(s)), as indicated in block 1794. Additionally, in theillustrative embodiment, the accelerator device 1620 (e.g., thecommunication abstraction logic unit 1640) may remove headers fromincoming packets, as indicated in block 1796. As indicated in block1798, the accelerator device 1620 (e.g., the communication abstractionlogic unit 1640) may utilize multiple physical communication paths for asingle logical communication path. For example, the accelerator device1620 (e.g., the communication abstraction logic unit 1640) may utilizemultiple physical I/O ports, as indicated in block 1800 and/or mayutilize multiple physical network interface controllers (NICs), asindicated in block 1802. As indicated in block 1804, the acceleratordevice 1620 (e.g., the communication abstraction logic unit 1640) mayutilize less than all of the available capacity of a physicalcommunication path to communicate data with the target kernel(s). In theillustrative embodiment, the method 1700 subsequently loops back toblock 1704 of FIG. 17, to continue to obtain availability data. Whileshown as being performed in a particular sequence, it should beunderstood that the operations described with reference to the method1700 may be performed in a different order and/or concurrently (e.g.,the accelerator device 1620 may continually obtain availability datawhile the accelerator device 1620 is concurrently sending and receivingdata between kernels and rerouting logical communication paths throughthe available physical communication paths).

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Illustrative examples of the technologies disclosed herein are providedbelow. An embodiment of the technologies may include any one or more,and any combination of, the examples described below.

Example 1 includes an accelerator device comprising circuitry to obtainavailability data indicative of an availability of one or moreaccelerator device kernels in a system, including one or more physicalcommunication paths to each accelerator device kernel; determine whetherto establish a logical communication path between a kernel of thepresent accelerator device and another accelerator device kernel; andestablish, in response to a determination to establish the logicalcommunication path as a function of the obtained availability data, thelogical communication path between the kernel of the present acceleratordevice and the other accelerator device kernel.

Example 2 includes the subject matter of Example 1, and wherein todetermine whether to establish the logical communication path comprisesto receive a request to establish a logical communication path, and toestablish the logical communication path comprises establish the logicalcommunication path in response to a receipt of the request.

Example 3 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1 and 2, andwherein to determine whether to establish the logical communication pathcomprises to determine whether a quality of service is below a servicelevel agreement associated with a tenant of the one or more acceleratordevice kernels, and to establish the logical communication pathcomprises to establish the logical communication path in response to adetermination that the quality of service is below the service levelagreement.

Example 4 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1-3, andwherein to determine whether to establish the logical communication pathcomprises to determine whether a power consumption of the acceleratordevice exceeds a predefined threshold, and to establish the logicalcommunication path comprises to establish the logical communication pathin response to a determination that the power consumption exceeds thepredefined threshold.

Example 5 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1-4, andwherein to establish the logical communication path comprises todetermine a latency associated with each of multiple physicalcommunication paths between the kernel of the present accelerator deviceand the other accelerator device kernel; and select, as the logicalcommunication path, the physical communication path associated with thelowest determined latency.

Example 6 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1-5, andwherein to establish the logical communication path comprises todetermine, for each of multiple physical communication paths between thekernel of the present accelerator device and the other acceleratordevice kernel, a number of intermediary devices along the physicalcommunication path; and select, as the logical communication path, thephysical communication path associated with the lowest determined numberof intermediary devices.

Example 7 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1-6, andwherein to establish the logical communication path comprises todetermine, for each of multiple physical communication paths between thekernel of the present accelerator device and the other acceleratordevice kernel, an amount of congestion on the physical communicationpath; and select, as the logical communication path, the physicalcommunication path associated with the lowest determined amount ofcongestion.

Example 8 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1-7, andwherein to establish the logical communication path comprises toallocate multiple physical communication paths between the kernel of thepresent accelerator device and the other accelerator device kernel tothe logical communication path.

Example 9 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1-8, andwherein to establish the logical communication path comprises toallocate, as a function of a quality of service parameter associatedwith the kernel of the present accelerator device, a portion of a totalamount of communication capacity of the physical communication path tothe logical communication path for use by the kernel of the presentaccelerator device.

Example 10 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1-9, andwherein to establish the logical communication path comprises to reroutethe logical communication path as a function of updated availabilitydata.

Example 11 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1-10, andwherein to establish the logical communication path comprises to senddata indicative of the established logical communication path to theother accelerator device kernel.

Example 12 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1-11, andwherein the circuitry is further to communicate data between the kernelof the present accelerator device and the other accelerator devicekernel with the established logical communication path.

Example 13 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1-12, andwherein to communicate data comprises to add a header to a packet,wherein the header includes data indicative of the established logicalcommunication path.

Example 14 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1-13, andwherein to communicate data comprises to remove a header from a packetreceived by the present accelerator device, wherein the header includesdata indicative of the established logical communication path.

Example 15 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1-14, andwherein to communicate data comprises to utilize multiple I/O ports ornetwork interface controllers associated with the present acceleratordevice for the established logical communication path.

Example 16 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1-15, andwherein to establish the logical communication path comprises toestablish a logical communication path with each of multiple otheraccelerator device kernels.

Example 17 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1-16, andwherein to obtain availability data comprises to obtain data indicativeof a present capacity of each accelerator device, data indicative of alocation of each accelerator device, or data indicative of types ofavailable accelerator device kernels.

Example 18 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1-17, andwherein to obtain availability data comprises to obtain the availabilitydata from another accelerator device or from a telemetry service device.

Example 19 includes one or more machine-readable storage mediacomprising a plurality of instructions stored thereon that, in responseto being executed, cause an accelerator device to obtain availabilitydata indicative of an availability of one or more accelerator devicekernels in a system, including one or more physical communication pathsto each accelerator device kernel; determine whether to establish alogical communication path between a kernel of the present acceleratordevice and another accelerator device kernel; and establish, in responseto a determination to establish the logical communication path as afunction of the obtained availability data, the logical communicationpath between the kernel of the present accelerator device and the otheraccelerator device kernel.

Example 20 includes the subject matter of Example 19, and wherein toestablish the logical communication path comprises to determine alatency associated with each of multiple physical communication pathsbetween the kernel of the present accelerator device and the otheraccelerator device kernel; and select, as the logical communicationpath, the physical communication path associated with the lowestdetermined latency.

Example 21 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 19 and 20, andwherein to establish the logical communication path comprises todetermine, for each of multiple physical communication paths between thekernel of the present accelerator device and the other acceleratordevice kernel, a number of intermediary devices along the physicalcommunication path; and select, as the logical communication path, thephysical communication path associated with the lowest determined numberof intermediary devices.

Example 22 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 19-21, andwherein to establish the logical communication path comprises todetermine, for each of multiple physical communication paths between thekernel of the present accelerator device and the other acceleratordevice kernel, an amount of congestion on the physical communicationpath; and select, as the logical communication path, the physicalcommunication path associated with the lowest determined amount ofcongestion.

Example 23 includes a method comprising obtaining, by an acceleratordevice, availability data indicative of an availability of one or moreaccelerator device kernels in a system, including one or more physicalcommunication paths to each accelerator device kernel; determining, bythe accelerator device, whether to establish a logical communicationpath between a kernel of the present accelerator device and anotheraccelerator device kernel; and establishing, by the accelerator deviceand in response to determining to establish the logical communicationpath as a function of the obtained availability data, the logicalcommunication path between the kernel of the present accelerator deviceand the other accelerator device kernel.

Example 24 includes the subject matter of Example 23, and wherein toestablish the logical communication path comprises to reroute thelogical communication path as a function of updated availability data.

Example 25 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 23 and 24, andwherein to establish the logical communication path comprises to senddata indicative of the established logical communication path to theother accelerator device kernel.

1. An accelerator device comprising: circuitry to: obtain availabilitydata indicative of an availability of one or more accelerator devicekernels in a system, including one or more physical communication pathsto each accelerator device kernel; determine whether to establish alogical communication path between a kernel of the present acceleratordevice and another accelerator device kernel; and establish, in responseto a determination to establish the logical communication path as afunction of the obtained availability data, the logical communicationpath between the kernel of the present accelerator device and the otheraccelerator device kernel.
 2. The accelerator device of claim 1, whereinto determine whether to establish the logical communication pathcomprises to receive a request to establish a logical communicationpath, and to establish the logical communication path comprisesestablish the logical communication path in response to a receipt of therequest.
 3. The accelerator device of claim 1, wherein to determinewhether to establish the logical communication path comprises todetermine whether a quality of service is below a service levelagreement associated with a tenant of the one or more accelerator devicekernels, and to establish the logical communication path comprises toestablish the logical communication path in response to a determinationthat the quality of service is below the service level agreement.
 4. Theaccelerator device of claim 1, wherein to determine whether to establishthe logical communication path comprises to determine whether a powerconsumption of the accelerator device exceeds a predefined threshold,and to establish the logical communication path comprises to establishthe logical communication path in response to a determination that thepower consumption exceeds the predefined threshold.
 5. The acceleratordevice of claim 1, wherein to establish the logical communication pathcomprises to: determine a latency associated with each of multiplephysical communication paths between the kernel of the presentaccelerator device and the other accelerator device kernel; and select,as the logical communication path, the physical communication pathassociated with the lowest determined latency.
 6. The accelerator deviceof claim 1, wherein to establish the logical communication pathcomprises to: determine, for each of multiple physical communicationpaths between the kernel of the present accelerator device and the otheraccelerator device kernel, a number of intermediary devices along thephysical communication path; and select, as the logical communicationpath, the physical communication path associated with the lowestdetermined number of intermediary devices.
 7. The accelerator device ofclaim 1, wherein to establish the logical communication path comprisesto: determine, for each of multiple physical communication paths betweenthe kernel of the present accelerator device and the other acceleratordevice kernel, an amount of congestion on the physical communicationpath; and select, as the logical communication path, the physicalcommunication path associated with the lowest determined amount ofcongestion.
 8. The accelerator device of claim 1, wherein to establishthe logical communication path comprises to allocate multiple physicalcommunication paths between the kernel of the present accelerator deviceand the other accelerator device kernel to the logical communicationpath.
 9. The accelerator device of claim 1, wherein to establish thelogical communication path comprises to allocate, as a function of aquality of service parameter associated with the kernel of the presentaccelerator device, a portion of a total amount of communicationcapacity of the physical communication path to the logical communicationpath for use by the kernel of the present accelerator device.
 10. Theaccelerator device of claim 1, wherein to establish the logicalcommunication path comprises to reroute the logical communication pathas a function of updated availability data.
 11. The accelerator deviceof claim 1, wherein to establish the logical communication pathcomprises to send data indicative of the established logicalcommunication path to the other accelerator device kernel.
 12. Theaccelerator device of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further tocommunicate data between the kernel of the present accelerator deviceand the other accelerator device kernel with the established logicalcommunication path.
 13. The accelerator device of claim 12, wherein tocommunicate data comprises to add a header to a packet, wherein theheader includes data indicative of the established logical communicationpath.
 14. The accelerator device of claim 12, wherein to communicatedata comprises to remove a header from a packet received by the presentaccelerator device, wherein the header includes data indicative of theestablished logical communication path.
 15. The accelerator device ofclaim 12, wherein to communicate data comprises to utilize multiple I/Oports or network interface controllers associated with the presentaccelerator device for the established logical communication path. 16.The accelerator device of claim 1, wherein to establish the logicalcommunication path comprises to establish a logical communication pathwith each of multiple other accelerator device kernels.
 17. Theaccelerator device of claim 1, wherein to obtain availability datacomprises to obtain data indicative of a present capacity of eachaccelerator device, data indicative of a location of each acceleratordevice, or data indicative of types of available accelerator devicekernels.
 18. The accelerator device of claim 1, wherein to obtainavailability data comprises to obtain the availability data from anotheraccelerator device or from a telemetry service device.
 19. One or moremachine-readable storage media comprising a plurality of instructionsstored thereon that, in response to being executed, cause an acceleratordevice to: obtain availability data indicative of an availability of oneor more accelerator device kernels in a system, including one or morephysical communication paths to each accelerator device kernel;determine whether to establish a logical communication path between akernel of the present accelerator device and another accelerator devicekernel; and establish, in response to a determination to establish thelogical communication path as a function of the obtained availabilitydata, the logical communication path between the kernel of the presentaccelerator device and the other accelerator device kernel.
 20. The oneor more computer-readable storage media of claim 19, wherein toestablish the logical communication path comprises to: determine alatency associated with each of multiple physical communication pathsbetween the kernel of the present accelerator device and the otheraccelerator device kernel; and select, as the logical communicationpath, the physical communication path associated with the lowestdetermined latency.
 21. The one or more computer-readable storage mediaof claim 19, wherein to establish the logical communication pathcomprises to: determine, for each of multiple physical communicationpaths between the kernel of the present accelerator device and the otheraccelerator device kernel, a number of intermediary devices along thephysical communication path; and select, as the logical communicationpath, the physical communication path associated with the lowestdetermined number of intermediary devices.
 22. The one or morecomputer-readable storage media of claim 19, wherein to establish thelogical communication path comprises to: determine, for each of multiplephysical communication paths between the kernel of the presentaccelerator device and the other accelerator device kernel, an amount ofcongestion on the physical communication path; and select, as thelogical communication path, the physical communication path associatedwith the lowest determined amount of congestion.
 23. A methodcomprising: obtaining, by an accelerator device, availability dataindicative of an availability of one or more accelerator device kernelsin a system, including one or more physical communication paths to eachaccelerator device kernel; determining, by the accelerator device,whether to establish a logical communication path between a kernel ofthe present accelerator device and another accelerator device kernel;and establishing, by the accelerator device and in response todetermining to establish the logical communication path as a function ofthe obtained availability data, the logical communication path betweenthe kernel of the present accelerator device and the other acceleratordevice kernel.
 24. The method of claim 23, wherein to establish thelogical communication path comprises to reroute the logicalcommunication path as a function of updated availability data.
 25. Themethod of claim 23, wherein to establish the logical communication pathcomprises to send data indicative of the established logicalcommunication path to the other accelerator device kernel.